PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9733690

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1963

REPORTED LOCATIONSacramento California

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
2 Sep 63 Sacramento, California 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local 2200 Ground-VisualX Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probobly Aircraft
GMT03/0500Z AinVisual Air-Intercapt Radar Possibly Aircraft
3. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE a Was AstronomicalJuoiter
Yos 00 Probably Astronomical
No civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH CP OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS . COURSE Other...
not reported t wo 000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
stationarey Unkno wn
ID. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING IO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
Round obj Round ol e, with another obj On 2 Sep at 2200 Local Jupiter On 2 Sep at 2200 Local Jupiter
circling, statio circling, stationa: 30 de deg above the moon. eg above the moon. was at 1.l0.59 with declination of
Did not disappear Did not disappear. ewed through BX. (Power 5.50.21. The moon was at 22.04.48 5.50.21. The moon was at 22.04.48
not specified.) not specified.) with a declination of minus 15.1l. with a declination of minus 15.ll. This
places Jupiter 20 deg above the moon
and about 45 deg to the left from
the observers location. The sighting
is attributed to the observation of
Jupiter and one of it's satellites.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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AF-IN : 43822 (4 Sep 63) DEPARTMENT OP THE AIR RORCH Page l of 2
SIAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
ACTION: SAF-OS-3 UNCLASNRIED MESSAGY
INCOMING
INFO : NIN-9 -13-
SMB C059
B768ZCS0B747
RR RUEAHQ
ZNR ZFH-1
CZCS0B761ZCQJB174
RR RUEAGQ RUEAFF RR RUEAGO RUEAFF
DE RUWHSBA 4 DE RUWHSBA 4 03/2355Z 03/2355Z
ZNR ZNR
R 032350Z R 032350Z
FM 552AEW C WG MCCLELLAN AFB CALIF
TO RUWGALE/ADC
RUWHSB/28AIRDIV HAMILTON AFB CALIF
RUEAFF/AFSC
RUEAHO/CSAF
RUEAHQ/OSAF WASH DC RUEAHQ
BT
UNCLAS 5200P-I 1457.
ADC FOR AD0IN, 28AIRDIV FOR 280IN, AFSC FOR SCF, CSAF
FOR AFCIN, OSAF FOR SAFOI. THE FOLLOWING REPORT TOR AFCIN, OSAF FOR SAFOI. THE FOLLOWING REPORT
SUBMITTED IAV AFR 200-2. SUBMITTED IAW AFR 200-2. A 1.F A 1 ROUND. 20 DIME DIME.
3. 3. WHITE. 4. TWO. 50 WHITE. 4. TWO. 5. ONE STATIONARY- OTHER ONE STAT IONARY- OTHER
CIRCLING IT. 6. AONE. 7. NONE. 8. NONE. 9. 90 N/Ao
B. 1 10 10 STARGAZING. 2. STARGAZING. 2. 3 30 DEGREE ABOVE MOON 30 DEGREE E ABOVE MOON 3 30 DID NOT
DISAPPEAR. 4 4 ONE STAT IONARY- OTHER CIRCLING IT.
. DID NOT DISAPPEAR.6. UNKNOWN. C. 1 10
GROUND
VISUAL. BINOCULARS. 3N/A D. 10 0500Z 3 SEP
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AF1N : 43022 (4 Sep 03) DEPARTMENI OF THE AIR FORCE rage 2 O1 C
PAGE TWO RUWHSBA 4 STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
1963 . 20 NIGHT. E. 3428.Y"STREEI NCLASSTRED MESSAGE
TNCOM
2. N/A. G. 1. CAV4. 2. UNKNOWN,3 3. CLEAR.
4. OVER 15 MILES. 5. CLEAR. 6. NONE. 70DEGREE.
Ho N/A. I. N/A.J. NONE. K. MAJOR TEATER, WOC,
REPORTED BY CAPT SWARTZ Z OF MATHER AFB, Lo NONE.
BT